BOOKS

Family Fare TOM ENGELHARDT, Tom Engelhardt is the author of "The End of Victory Culture" (University of Massachusetts Press) and co-editor of "History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past" (Metropolitan Books)

Only the Lonely PAULA FRIEDMAN, Paula Friedman is an occasional contributor to Book Review

The Unthinkable for Kids DAN DAILEY, Dan Dailey is publisher of the Five Owls, a bimonthly magazine that encourages literacy and reading among young people. For a copy of The Five Owls, send $1 for postage and handling to The Five Owls, 2004 Sheridan Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55405

Breathless CAROLYN SEE, Carolyn See is the author of "Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America." Her forthcoming novel, "The Handyman," will be published by Random House in March

Truth or Consequences GREG MITCHELL, Greg Mitchell is the co-author (with Robert Jay Lifton) of "Hiroshima in America: Fifty Years of Denial." His other books include "Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady: Richard Nixon vs. Helen Gahagan Douglas" and "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California."

Banning the Bomb LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, Lawrence Freedman is the author of "The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy."

Nukes R Us MARTIN J. SHERWIN, Martin J. Sherwin is the Walter S. Dickson professor of history at Tufts University and author of "A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race."

The Truman Show GAR ALPEROVITZ, Gar Alperovitz is author of "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb," "Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam" and "Cold War Essays." He is Harrison research professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and president of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives

Putting Politics Over Preschool KAY MILLS, Kay Mills is the author of "Something Better for My Children: The History and People of Head Start" (Dutton, 1998)

The Risk of Using the Army for Too Much Andrew Reding, Andrew Reding, a Pacific News Service associate editor, directs the North America Project, a joint venture of the World Policy Institute and the Bay Area Institute

Forget the Confession, Mr. Clinton Suzanne Garment, Suzanne Garment, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She is the author of "Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics."

William Schwartz Barbara Isenberg, Barbara Isenberg is a frequent contributor to The Times

Rebuilding A Sense Of Community William Fulton, William Fulton is editor of California Planning & Development Report and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University Research Institute. He also serves as chair of the Library Advisory Commission for the city of Ventura

'Private Ryan' Satisfies Our Longing for Unity Neal Gabler, Neal Gabler is the author of "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood." His new book, "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality," will be out this fall